Officials: Man exposed himself, threw woman on couch

A Mardela Springs man was arrested this week in connection with an assault.

Police said the incident occurred Thursday, May 19, when Juan Rivero, 62, accosted a woman who had stopped at his residence looking for someone else.

The woman told Wicomico County law enforcement Rivero hugged her and began making overtures requesting sex. These included Rivero putting his hand up her shirt and exposing his penis, officials said.

The woman said Rivero grabbed her and threw her on a couch, but she managed to get away and sought help from the sheriff’s office, officials said.

A family member of the woman confronted Rivero over this incident, officials said, and Rivero reportedly brandished a 3-foot long sword and began swinging it at the family member.

Rivero was arrested, taken to the Central Booking Unit and detained in lieu of $80,000 bond, officials said. He was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, indecent exposure, dangerous arrest and false imprisonment.